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Abigail Danforth 1775–1871 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Sep 1775

Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 27 May 1871

Death Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Oliver Danforth

Mother: Hannah Pratt

Spouse(s): Benjamin Horton

Children(s): Almira Horton, John Horton, Lucinda Horton, Elizabeth Horton, Abigail Horton, Benjamin Horton, Lewis Horton, Gideon Horton, James Horton, Oliver Horton, Hannah Horton, Charles Horton, Mary Horton, Lucenday Horton

The story of Abigail Danforth began in 1775 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail Danforth married Benjamin Horton, and had children including Abigail Danforth Horton, Almira Bosworth Horton, Benjamin Everett Horton, Charles Bingley Horton, Elizabeth Horton, Gideon Horton, Hannah Jane Horton, James Babbit Horton, John Bowers Horton, Lewis Brayton Horton, Lucenday Horton, Lucinda Horton, Mary Newcomb Horton, Oliver Danforth Horton. Abigail Danforth passed away in 1871 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Abigail Danforth began in 1775 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Abigail Danforth married Benjamin Horton, and had children including Abigail Danforth Horton, Almira Bosworth Horton, Benjamin Everett Horton, Charles Bingley Horton, Elizabeth Horton, Gideon Horton, Hannah Jane Horton, James Babbit Horton, John Bowers Horton, Lewis Brayton Horton, Lucenday Horton, Lucinda Horton, Mary Newcomb Horton, Oliver Danforth Horton.
  • Abigail Danforth passed away in 1871 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Oliver Danforth
1743–1828
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
OD
Hannah Pratt
1747–1835
Birth Location: Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
HP

Spouses(s)

Benjamin Horton
1775–1848
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
BH

Children(s)

Almira Horton
1804–1876
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
AH
John Horton
1821–1909
Birth Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
JH
Lucinda Horton
1800–1831
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
LH
Elizabeth Horton
1796–1821
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
EH
Abigail Horton
1798–1833
Birth Location: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
AH
Benjamin Horton
1803–1847
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
BH
Lewis Horton
1804–
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
LH
Gideon Horton
1806–1872
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
GH
James Horton
1809–1846
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
JH
Oliver Horton
1810–1833
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
OH
Hannah Horton
1813–1848
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
HH
Charles Horton
1815–1885
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
CH
Mary Horton
1801–
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
MH
Lucenday Horton
1797–1816
Birth Location: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
LH

Abigail Danforth's Ancestors

Self
Abigail Danforth
1775–1871
Birth Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Oliver Danforth
1743–1828
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah Pratt
1747–1835
Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Samuel Danforth
1697–1755
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Bethiah Crossman
1700–1787
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Lemuel Pratt
1719–1776
Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah Leonard
1721–1750
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Crossman
1680–1757
Sarah Merrick
1688–1752
Henry Pratt
1685–1750
Hannah Wilson
1686–1768
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Jr.
1657–1736
Hannah Brooks
1659–1736
Aaron Pratt
1649–1735
Sarah Weymouth
1664–1706

Abigail Danforth's Descendants

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Abigail Danforth (10 Sep 1775–27 May 1871) m. Benjamin Horton (28 Mar 1775–25 Mar 1848)
  1. 1. Almira (Bosworth) Horton 1804–1876 m. James (Horton) II 1806–1862
    1. 1. Rachel (Bosworth) Horton 1835–1915 m. Gilbert (A.) Horton 1829–1903
      1. 1. Almira (Ellen) Horton 1858–1941 m. Henry (Hamilton) Goff 1848–1917
        1. 1. Ralph (Washington) Goff 1895–1936 m. Beryl (Esther) Rose 1892–1978 m. Fannie (Putnam Lufkin "Ex) Wife" 1895–1988
        2. 2. Elsie (Josephine) Goff 1898–1964 m. Myron (Otis) Reed 1895–1987
        3. 3. Leroy (Hamilton) Goff 1886–1946
        4. 4. Seth (Warren) Goff 1881–1969 m. Dora (Ann) Easterbrooks 1880–1967
        5. 5. Irving (Mason) Goff 1883– m. Avis (F.) Luther 1903–
        6. 6. Archibald (Harrison) Goff 1889–1960 m. Florence (Ella) Ormsbee 1889–1957
        7. 7. Ada (Mae) Goff 1892–1961 m. Myron (Hubert) Baker 1888–1966
        8. 8. Herbert (W E) Goff 1879–1897
        9. 9. Ernest (A) Goff 1898–1962
      2. 2. Seth (A.) Horton 1867–1878
      3. 3. George (N.) Horton 1867–1907
      4. 4. Ellen (E) Horton 1852–1854
      5. 5. Cora (Frances) Horton 1872–1943 m. Albert (Luther) Horton 1862–1899
        1. 1. Ida (Josephine) Horton 1898–1987 m. Ralston (Baker) Read 1898–1973
        2. 2. Everett (Lawrence Horton) Sr. 1897–1968 m. Emma (Esther) Kelton 1898–1959
        3. 3. Robert (Gifford) Horton 1888–1919 m. Adeline (Hariet) Martin 1898–
      6. 6. Ida (Belle) Horton 1869–1954 m. Albert (Luther) Horton 1862–1899
      7. 7. Mary (E.) Horton 1864–1893
      8. 8. Willie (W.) Horton 1869–1878
      9. 9. James (Hiram) Horton 1856–1906 m. Ida (Frances) Mason 1858–1927
      10. 10. Isabelle (E.) Horton 1860–1939 m. James (Howard) Goff 1846–1923
        1. 1. Raymond (Earle) Goff 1893–1937
        2. 2. Maude (E) Goff 1883–1955 m. Harold (Leslie) Pierce 1885–1965
        3. 3. Florence (I) Goff 1900–
        4. 4. Ida (C) Goff 1891–
        5. 5. Chester (Schofield) Goff 1881–1929
        6. 6. Elmer (Wilson) Goff 1888–1946
        7. 7. Harry (C) Goff 1897–
        8. 8. Howard (Eugene) Goff 1886–1918
      11. 11. Almira (Frances) Horton 1853–1858
  2. 2. John (Bowers) Horton 1821–1909 m. Eliza (Jane) Grant 1814–1892
    1. 1. Esther (Peck) Horton 1849–1936 m. Asa Pickering 1841–1902
      1. 1. Eva (Bell) Pickering 1874–1946 m. Charles (Erastus) Worthington 1857–1927
        1. 1. Albert (Howard) Worthington 1910–1987 m. Julia (Frances) Pytko 1919–1976
        2. 2. Roger (Wood) Worthington 1900–1967
        3. 3. Eleanor (Horton) Worthington 1901–1992 m. Henry (Sommerman) Newton 1899–1984
        4. 4. Ralph (Steward) Worthington 1903–1984
        5. 5. Charles (Earl) Worthington 1905–1962 m. Edna Catherwood 1906–2001
      2. 2. Mary (Eliza) Pickering 1867–1960
      3. 3. Jesse (E.) Pickering 1875–1913
      4. 4. Frank (Horton) Pickering 1871–1927 m. Winifred (Gertrude) Sawtell 1887–1940
        1. 1. Evelyn (Abigail) Pickering 1914–2006
        2. 2. Herbert (Melvile) Pickering 1912–1963
        3. 3. Mary (G) Pickering 1910–1976
        4. 4. Charles (Albert) Pickering 1908–1968 m. Bernice (Nellie) Price 1911–1975
        5. 5. Abbie Pickering 1915–
      5. 5. Etta (Louisa) Pickering 1879–1964 m. Howard (Ashton) Perkins 1877–1931
      6. 6. Walter (B.) Pickering 1872–
      7. 7. Charles (A.) Pickering 1869–1887
    2. 2. Susan (Lee) Horton 1854–1925 m. Robert (Peele) Griffiths 1853–1918
      1. 1. Clarence (Edward) Griffiths 1887–1950 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Schanck 1889–1939
        1. 1. Elmer (Elsworh) Griffiths 1910–1964 m. Gertrude (Sarah) Costa 1912–1982
        2. 2. Ida (M) Griffiths 1914–1987
        3. 3. Ruth (Eunice) Griffiths 1924–1995 m. Thaddeus ("Teddy" Stanislaus) Zmuda 1918–2003
        4. 4. Clarence (Edward Griffiths) Jr. 1918–1990 m. Florence (Carolyn) Horsman 1926–1999
        5. 5. Eleanor (Norma) Griffiths 1932–1996
        6. 6. Esther (Mae) Griffiths 1911–1977 m. Ernest Walker 1910–1976
        7. 7. Clarence (Andreson) Griffiths 1908–1909
      2. 2. Ella (Eliza) Griffiths 1885–
      3. 3. William (Henry) Griffith 1873–1953 m. Abbie (B) Manley 1874–1934
        1. 1. Naomi (Lee) Griffith 1914–1993
        2. 2. Harold (Manley) Griffith 1896–1942
        3. 3. Arthur (Horton) Griffith 1898–1947
        4. 4. Ruth (D) Griffith 1905–1984
        5. 5. William (Henry) Griffith 1910–1986
        6. 6. Marion (A) Griffith 1897–1973
        7. 7. Naomi (L) Griffith 1906–1908
      4. 4. Robert (Horton) Griffiths 1893–1938
      5. 5. Ida (Lee) Griffiths 1889–
      6. 6. Charles (Arthur) Griffiths 1877–1878
      7. 7. Charles (Robert) Griffiths 1879–1933 m. Mary (J) Griffiths 1883– m. Margaret (A) Wightman 1877–1909
        1. 1. Florence (M) Griffiths 1903–
        2. 2. Charles (W) Griffiths 1904–
        3. 3. Mabel (E) Griffiths 1908–
    3. 3. Henry (Williams) Horton 1846–1928 m. Evelyn Holbrook 1851–
      1. 1. Ethel (May) Horton 1883–1962 m. Charles (Wales) Holmes 1875–1964
        1. 1. Malcolm (Haughton) Holmes 1906–1953
      2. 2. Ida (Lillian) Horton 1871–1881
    4. 4. Mary (W) Horton 1851–
    5. 5. Lydia (A) Horton 1842–1843
    6. 6. Charles (A) Horton 1844–1864
  3. 3. Lucinda Horton 1800–1831
  4. 4. Elizabeth Horton 1796–1821
  5. 5. Abigail (Danforth) Horton 1798–1833
  6. 6. Benjamin (Everett) Horton 1803–1847
  7. 7. Lewis (Brayton) Horton 1804–
  8. 8. Gideon Horton 1806–1872
  9. 9. James (Babbit) Horton 1809–1846
  10. 10. Oliver (Danforth) Horton 1810–1833
  11. 11. Hannah (Jane) Horton 1813–1848
  12. 12. Charles (Bingley) Horton 1815–1885 m. Catherine (A.) Simons 1816–1907
    1. 1. Charles (E.) Horton 1855–1935 m. Edith (Franklin) Blythe 1876–1948
      1. 1. Everett (Cyril) Horton 1896–1967 m. Gertrude (Lillian) Gallipeau 1901–1978
        1. 1. Robert (Russell) Horton 1925–2001
        2. 2. Winifred (Alice) Horton 1923–2006
      2. 2. Edith (Charles) Horton 1895–1995
      3. 3. Belford (Woods) Horton 1898–1964
    2. 2. Elisabeth Horton 1843–
    3. 3. Louisa Horton 1847–
    4. 4. Jacob (Oliver) Horton 1838–1903
  13. 13. Mary (Newcomb) Horton 1801–
  14. 14. Lucenday Horton 1797–1816

Abigail Danforth's Timeline

3 Records

1775
10 Sep 1775
Birth of Abigail Danforth in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1796
17 Apr 1796
Age 21
Abigail Danforth was married in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
1871
27 May 1871
Age 96
Death of Abigail Danforth in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Sep 1775
    Event Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1796
    Event Place: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 May 1871
    Event Place: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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